Six years after the Boston Marathon bomb attack, three Irish athletes recall the events of that shocking day, and how out of that darkness, the city, its people, and its marathon came back stronger

An Irishman has told how he prayed for three hours as he waited for his wife after two bomb blasts ripped through the Boston Marathon, killing at least three people.

Caitriona Jennings has admitted missing out on the Olympics having achieved the necessary qualifying time would be “devastating”.